Funds pave the way for more capital improvement, service and youth projects in several communities

For the first time, just over $10 million dollars in state funding has been awarded to agencies and cities that help the homeless individuals and families in Riverside County. In issuing the funding, the state required the county to use the existing Continuum of Care structure created by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to manage federal grants for homeless programs.

Michael A. Hestrin Award Highlights Washington’s Support for ‘Safe Alternatives for Everyone’ Through the Years

TEMECULA — Riverside County District Attorney Mike Hestrin recognized Supervisor Washington for his dedication to protecting families, honoring him as the first-ever recipient of the Michael A. Hestrin Family Justice Award.

MORENO VALLEY, Ca.—Riverside University Health System—Medical Center celebrated the opening of its new state-of-the-art cath lab this week in a move that hospital officials say will expand services for heart and neurovascular patients in the region.

Healthy gardens start with healthy soils. Now is the time to prepare your garden for spring planting. Master Gardeners will give a presentation and share their knowledge about our local soil and how you can make it better to grow more robust plants and productive food crops. Valuable soil is rapidly degenerating, and there is too much dioxide in the atmosphere. Gardeners and farmers everywhere can move carbon OUT of the atmosphere… and build it back into healthy, fertile soil.

(Riverside, CA) Customers who receive benefits through the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP), or CalFresh, and were issued their February benefits early, by Wednesday January 16, should plan their food budget to last through the end of February as the federal government shutdown continues.

County of Riverside Executive Officer George Johnson yesterday selected Brooke Federico as the new County Public Information Officer. Federico is currently the Senior Public Information Specialist for the county’s Emergency Management Department, where she has served since 2016.

The decision to impose the County of Riverside&rsquo;s Last, Best, and Final Offer on SEIU comes after more than two years of intense negotiations, including 39 meetings and multiple attempts at compromise by the County of Riverside.